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About to head out the door to get my first dose of a covid vaccine.
Which one?
It doesn't matter. They're all great. Unless you have a medical reason to avoid one, just take whatever you're offered.
Which one?
It doesn't matter. They're all great. Unless you have a medical reason to avoid one, just take whatever you're offered.
For total transparency, I spent the night shivering with chills, unable to get comfortable because of body aches, and I woke up with an unfriendly headache. All perfectly normal responses to any vaccine, and a sign that my immune system is displeased with these foreign proteins.
I am having an awful, lay on the cool floor, either too hot or too cold, day.
I will do it again as soon as I can because vaccinating against easily transmissible, deadly diseases is more important than how I feel for a day or two.
I will do it again as soon as I can because vaccinating against easily transmissible, deadly diseases is more important than how I feel for a day or two.
A five hour nap this afternoon and an extra strength Tylenol before dinner and I'm feeling mostly back to normal, but I'm also a long way from sleep since I...
*checks notes*
...took a five hour nap this afternoon.
*checks notes*
...took a five hour nap this afternoon.
If this thread sounds like a bad time, it was.
But it's important to remember that this was literally just my immune system trying to do its job. An actual COVID infection would be all of this, plus the disease itself. Actually getting sick would be much worse.
But it's important to remember that this was literally just my immune system trying to do its job. An actual COVID infection would be all of this, plus the disease itself. Actually getting sick would be much worse.
